Snape's half truths in "Spinner's End"

[zgirnius]

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> >zgirnius:
 Draco had an opportunity to
> 
> >kill Harry offered him on a platter, and what did he do? He broke 
> >his nose and left him on the train. I really think Snape must have 
> >figured out that Harry was not Draco's target at this point as 
well.

> Magda:
> Maybe not.  He might have figured that Harry had fended Draco off
> (knowing that Draco's track record in beating Harry up hasn't been
> exactly impressive) or that Draco was interupted.  
> 
> We have all seen how tenaciously Snape clings to a belief once he's
> got it into his head.  I see no difference in this book.

zgirnius:
Perhaps...but I still don't see it. Draco was at the school on time 
with all the other students. Harry showed up with Tonks very late. He 
missed the Sorting, and the dinner afterwards. If Harry had fended 
Draco off, of if someone had intervened on Harry's behalf at the time 
of the attack, why would Harry have been so late?